Do your daily habits correlate with your expected level of success? As a company working with freelancers, who are more often than not running their own show, we often hear about how hard it is to stay productive and motivated. This week, we’re exploring the daily habits of the most successful people Waking …
We’re a freelancer management platform, so of course we’re advocates of working with freelancers to handle the ebbs and flows of projects! We do however recognise that there can be challenges involved in working with a contingent workforce, especially when it comes to remote freelancers – Would you agree? We asked our LinkedIn, followers if …
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We asked our Linkedin followers: ‘Has hiring freelancers improved your company’s flexibility in managing workloads?’ With 84% of people voting yes and only 16% voting no, you can guess our stance! With 84% of people voting yes and only 16% voting no, you can guess our stance! At &FRIENDS, we actively implement what …
COMPANIES LEVERAGING FREELANCERS TO IMPROVE FLEXIBILITY IN MANAGING WORKLOADS Read More »
YOUR FRIENDLY REMINDER TO IMPLEMENT PRODUCTIVITY STRATEGIES INTO YOUR DAY TO DAY TO KEEP YOU MOTIVATED, ON TRACK AND CLEAR HEADED. Depending on your specialisation, freelancing can be isolating and quite taxing mentally, especially when it comes to the grind of actually finding the projects in the first place! So how are you staying motivated? Are …
Via a recent linkedin poll we asked you whether you include your freelancers into your companies internal strategy discussions. Here were the results. Yes: 70% No: 30% Although in some cases it might be dependant on certain factors such as, freelancer experience, how long they have been with, or will be with, the company, or …
Integrating your freelance hires into your company strategy sessions – Yes or No? Read More »
Freelancers can be beneficial for companies because they can bring specialised skills and experience to a project. They also offer flexibility in terms of the amount of work that can be done and the timeline in which it can be completed. Additionally, hiring freelancers can save a company money on benefits and other costs associated …
When we talk to companies about their creative workforce and what challenges they face, it generally comes down to 4 topics: The need for more agility How to plan for a flexible workforce Building resilience in a freelance workforce How to find quality freelancers The need for more agility The days when brands …
The pain points around building Creative workforces Read More »
PROJECT ALERTS We know you get enough emails, and yes we get the irony that you’re probably reading this due to email but we promise it’ll help. When you signed up with &FRIENDS you may have input multiple specialisms/expertise on your account as you can have up to 4 on your profile. This also means …
You’ve had a booking through &FRIENDS, you’ve pimped your profile, your availability is up to date, your portfolio’s fully loaded with your finest work and you’re raring for your next gig. So where is it! Hang in there! It’s understandable to feel frustrated at times with marketplaces like us when you feel you’ve done your …
While talking to agencies about &FRIENDS and their freelance needs, I stumbled onto something that surprised me. Large agencies seem to rely on Freelancers to the same degree as smaller agencies. Like me you’d be forgiven for thinking that large agencies are able to reduce their relative freelance needs by having the scale to bolster their …
Are Industry forces driving up freelancer demand? Read More »
We are often asked a number of core questions when speaking with clients. So we thought we’d take the opportunity to share these with you: 1. How do we know the quality of the freelancers on &FRIENDS? The community team vet freelancers into the &FRIENDS community only once a full profile has been inputted via …
When most people think of the reasons to Freelance, they think of better earning potential and more flexibility. However, according to established Freelancer’s in the creative and digital industry, Freelancing offers something more fundamental for career progression than a healthy day rate and the ability to work remotely. “Everyone should try Freelancing once” says Ruairi Cronin …
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Have you ever held yourself back from asking a seemingly obvious question about a new project and then later regretted it? Would asking that question given you a better understanding of the project and improved the way you tackled your part in it? You’re not alone, we’ve all been there. As the old saying goes, there’s …
Unlike companies, freelancers aren’t always shackled by the constraints of a Monday to Friday working week. Instead, a large contingent of freelancers prefer to mix up when they work by swapping week days for evenings and weekends. In an age where there is increasing pressure on companies to deliver more with less time and resource, could this …
Why the flexibility in a freelancers working week is a latent opportunity for companies Read More »
Have you ever felt compromised by time when sourcing a freelancer for a project? Or more to the point, have you ever not been compromised by time? While &FRIENDS can make the process of connecting and engaging with freelancers almost instantaneous, this connection point is only a fraction of the journey that a company goes …
Are you Allocating enough time when sourcing different freelancer disciplines? Read More »
Freelancing is more than ever a deliberate career choice for many in the advertising and digital industry. It provides a legitimate path to grow your craft, work on interesting projects and learn the ropes of being an accountable consultant. A lessor-discussed benefit of freelancing is that it gives people the chance to learn how to …
7 Tips for setting yourself up as a business, not just a freelancer Read More »
Originally published in 2017 All job titles are marketing. Not figuratively; that is their main purpose. When a company hires for a role, the job title they use is selected to attract the right kind of people. Similarly, when someone is looking for a gig, the title they give themselves reveals how they wish to be seen. …
What’s in a name? demystifying the seniority of job titles Read More »
Introducing the 2023 edition of the &FRIENDS Australian Freelance Rate Guide! You can download it at the bottom of the page. Our report provides a detailed analysis of how freelance rates have shifted over the past 2 years, covering individual disciplines, categories and locations. Our goal is to help both companies and freelancers better understand …
